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Tobacco
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. The total economic cost of smoking is more than $300 billion a year, including direct medical care for adults and lost productivity (CDC ).
In Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends statewide programs that combine and coordinate community-based interventions that focus on the following areas.
- Preventing initiation of tobacco use among youth and young adults
- Promoting quitting among adults and youth
- Eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke, and
- Identifying and eliminating tobacco-related disparities among population groups
Task Force Findings
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Summary Table
This summary of CPSTF findings to reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure can be used as a reference, included in presentations, or shared with colleagues.
Implementation Resources
Implementation Products
Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2014
Developed by the CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health
Health Communications in Tobacco Prevention and Control
Health Equity in Tobacco Prevention and Control
Program Infrastructure in Tobacco Prevention and Control
CDC’s Health Impact in 5 Years (HI-5) Initiative
HI-5 highlights non-clinical, community-wide approaches that have evidence reporting 1) positive health impacts, 2) results within five years, and 3) cost effectiveness and/or cost savings over the lifetime of the population or earlier. The website features links to implementation resources and success stories that can help communities get started.
Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General
Developed by the HHS, Office of the Surgeon General
Webinars
Indian Health Service Clinical Grand Rounds: Tobacco Prevention Control Update from The Community Guide (September 25, 2014)
Developed by The Community Guide and hosted by the Indian Health Service
Presentations and Promotional Materials
Community Guide In Action: Stories from the Field
An Evidence-Based Approach to Montana's Health Landscape
Blueprint for Success in Reducing Tobacco Use
CityHealth Gives Local Communities Evidence-Based Tools to Improve Health
Community-Wide Effort to Make Florida Tobacco Free
Evidence-Based Recommendations Get Minnesotans in the Groove
Healthy Schools Equal Healthy Kids
Investing in Worksite Wellness for Employees
Planning a Strategy: Changing the Way a County Health Department Addresses Health Conditions
Putting the Community Guide to Work at Workplaces: Partnering to Reach Employers
What Works – Fact Sheets
One Pagers
Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
Internet-based Cessation Interventions
Mobile Phone Text Messaging Cessation Interventions
Community Guide News
Developed by The Community Guide in collaboration with CDC's Office on Smoking and Health
Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs Reduce Tobacco Use
Mobile Phone Text Messaging Interventions Help Adults Who Smoke Quit
Quit Tobacco! New Recommendation for Internet-based Interventions
Quitlines, Lower Treatment Cost, and Mass Communication Help People Stop Tobacco Use
Task Force Says Smoke-Free Policies and Higher Tobacco Product Price Each Reduce Tobacco Use
Slides and Presentations
Public Health Grand Rounds — Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2017: the Million Hearts Initiative
Hosted by CDC
Using Evidence for Public Health Decision Making: Assessment of Health Risks with Feedback to Change Employees' Health 
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Developed by The Community Guide